Google scholar's ranking algorithm: The impact of articles' age (an empirical study)

ITNG 2009 - 6th International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 160-164

  Beel, Jöran ^a   Gipp, Bela ^a  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC SEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; GOOGLE SCHOLAR; RANKING ALGORITHM; SEARCH QUERIES;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; SEARCH ENGINES;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 77951098323     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ITNG.2009.317     Document Type: Conference Paper

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